Operational Resilience Officer (200280)
Information
| Information Technology | |
| Mid Career (2-6 years) | |
| Not specified |
Company
| Not specified | |
| Insurance | |
| New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt |
Description
- Direct and support in the development of Business Continuity plans and procedures, and providing regular status updates to management.
- Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, and documentation of business continuity procedures
- Liaise with key infrastructure teams to identify gaps, set recovery time objectives and convey business needs/expectations.
- Plan, conduct, and debrief regular BC related drills and exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly
- Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event by coordinating with the emergency and crisis management teams as required.
- Ensure that all technical components of the Business Continuity plans are successfully tested regularly, or whenever significant changes are made to those components.
- Documenting the results of all tests and exercises, and identifying and implementing any recommended enhancements to the Business Continuity plans and procedures.
- Ensuring all personnel with specific Business Continuity responsibilities are adequately trained to fulfil those responsibilities.
- Identify, prepare and deliver awareness training to those with and without BC responsibilities.
- Organize and conduct or participate in BCMS self-assessments and audits and reviews and implement agreed actions.
- Organize and facilitate or participate in business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessments and update the BCMS plans and procedures on regular basis.
- Support all departments and business units in the company to exercise, update and maintain their specific BC plans and procedures including revision of specific BIA and risk assessment.
- Review and ensure the company BCMS is always kept compliant with the applicable laws, and selected standards and best practices.
- Coordinate with external emergency response organizations for local and regional preparedness efforts, activities, training, and emergency response as necessary
- Prepare and provide and follow up the necessary inputs into the company risk register and assist in keeping the register up to date
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Business from a reputable university or equivalent combination of relevant experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a large organization preferably in financial sector
- Minimum of 3 years in business continuity management and crisis management Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to remain open and to develop and maintain good working relations with all stakeholders
| Created on | 19 Dec 2021 |
| Last updated on | 04 Jan 2023 |